2 Weeks On Solo Q Survivor (As A Killer Main). I've...Seen Some Stuff.

• "When did survivor queues become absolutely instant?"

They always have been. During certain times of the day, e.g. in EU you will have instant Survivor Queues from morning till late afternoon and at some point it switches.

I guess it is related to SWFs, because more people play Survivor in the evening when more of their friends are online.

E.g. I usually play Killer during the day (and have long queues). When I switch to Survivor to play with a friend, one Killer is missing in the queue, but two more Survivors are there, aka there would be a need of 1 1/2 Killers to compensate.

But it is nothing new that Survivor queues can be instant.

I agree on the rest of your post, especially ranking up and BPs.

Not all swfs are sweaty and some are just there for a good time, I’ve been playing killer more recently and noticed they try meme builds like using head on and flash bangs etc, I enjoy it though, get some good laughs and usually easy kills.

As for solo q, I’ve given up on that, getting blood points is abysmal, I honestly never knew how easy it is to farm them as a killer.

I think the devs have probably focused the balance more on swf vs killer which has made solo q so bad, but apparently they’re working on it.

Got to say though switching to killer whilst solo q is having issues has made the game enjoyable, if anyone has issues with solo q I highly recommend the switch, haven’t had a bad match yet.

Solo is frustrating. The lack of reasonable information relative to some killer mechanics is frustrating, and the mix of teammate playstyles is frustrating.

The most tilting thing for me is getting players who are just there for Rift challenges at all costs. I have zero way to filter the queue for teammates that fit my playstyle unless I queue with friends.

If the unhooker takes protection hits and is willing to hook trade it's not bad. Sometimes it's the only option. If they're not willing to take protection hits then, yeah, you're done for.

As someone who went from playing almost exclusively survivor when I first started with the game, to a 50/50 split, to now slightly more killer than survivor, my observations compared to yours. For what it's worth, I took detailed notes of 250+ survivor matches, a good number of those (right around 22%) being solo queue. My escape rate hovered right around the 55-60% mark in those matches, for whatever MMR that put me at. I tended to play survivor during peak times, but not exclusively.

1) I kept track of camping and/or tunneling in games, and only counted what, as someone who plays killer a lot, should actually be counted as such (camping in EGC, or happening across me after I'd be unhooked and someone else was chased/downed, obviously not either for example, even though some survivors would still classify it as such). In my games, I saw the killer utilize one of those strategies in 32% of my matches, so my experiences mirrored yours. Some of those were killers hard face-camping or hard tunneling at 5 gens, others were later in the match when their options were more limited, but overall, what you're seeing isn't necessarily an outlier.

2) You're right -- as survivor, you have so much more "free time" than you do as killer (as the latter, there is no such thing). BHVR has arguably done its best when it comes to the visual aesthetics in the game -- the reworked maps (and new ones) may not be balanced, but they're largely gorgeous with a ton of detail.

3) The only time I've ever gotten instant survivor queues in during the early morning hours and into early afternoon. After that, it's waiting anywhere from a minute to 5+ minutes (or worse) in the prime hours. When I stream (which tends to be later), I'd love to play more survivor than I already do, but the long queues (and the less-interesting gameplay, as I'm not a "get the killer to chase me" type of player) lend me to playing killer during those times due to the instant queues.

4) Ranking up as survivor does reply on your teammates and is arguably more difficult as a solo. I try to check all the boxes as survivor when I'm playing -- bless/cleanse a totem, take some aggro, and get a rescue or two in addition to working gens -- but all it takes is a match that goes south from the beginning, and all of that gets tossed out the window.

5) The BP definitely pales in comparison to a solid killer round, but I do have some really good BP totals as survivor. Bringing Prove Thyself not only helps gets the gens done quicker, but gives a nice BP bonus. WGLF does the same if you're looking to be altruistic. And getting involved all across the board will get points in all categories, but a boost to survivor BP totals would certainly be something I don't think anyone would be opposed to.

6) I rarely bring in items, so I can't speak to that. I think a rework of the Bloodweb though, and what you can pick out of it, is something everyone wants to see at this point.

7) I'm a pretty "average" survivor, and I've found that playing killer has taught me more about looping than I could ever have guessed at first. Watching what works best against me and trying to replicate that has helped tremendously.

8) I used to run Ruin/Undying on a lot of killer builds, but I've pretty much abandoned Hexes (other than Plaything on my Pig build) because of the terrible totem spawns. I find totems relatively easily now, mainly because I know the locations based on having the totems in my view as killer for so many games in the past. Some maps -- Midwich, The Game, and RPD in particular -- can have tough locations, but other maps like anything Autohaven or MacMillian -- those are almost too easy to find. The more you play survivor, the more those locations will start to become easier to find.

9) I get that feeling entirely. I have moments where it feels like I've really got things down great ... and then, I'm making a really dumb play that ends up with me on a hook. Then again, I have moments like that as killer too. For me, every game is an opportunity to improve at something.

10) Still agree, lol.